Author: Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue
Title: Bridewell Hospital Palace, Prison, Schools
Description: London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of Bridewell Hospital inscribed by the governor of the hospitals. First edition of Bridewell Hospital Palace, Prison, Schools From the Earliest Times to the End of the Reign of Elizabeth by Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue.In the original publisher's cloth binding. No dust wrapper present. With an association inscription, from the library of Catherine Farnham, the Governor of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals. Illustrated with forty one monochrome plates and eight in text illustrations. Collated, complete. A lovely history of the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals which were two charitable foundations established and brought under joint administration in 1557. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is slightly faded. Ink inscription to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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